English Language

29 июня 2017 07:39

Idiom of the Day

📚ahead of the game

☑️Meaning: You are ahead of the game if you have an advantage over your competitors in any activity in which you try to do better than others, such as in business, academia, sports, etc.

✨For example:

➖We got ahead of the game by employing the best people in our research laboratories.

➖You'll be ahead of the game when you start at university if you do a lot of preparation before the term begins.
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27 июня 2017 07:21

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25 июня 2017 07:02

Slang of the Day

🔰jollies
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: fun, thrills, enjoyment

🔹For example:

➖I can't see the attraction myself, but Bill says he gets his jollies from building and flying model planes and helicopters.

➖A lot of young people get their jollies from doing adventure stuff like white-water rafting and bungee-jumping.

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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21 июня 2017 20:26

Idiom of the Day

🔰the upper crust

☑️Meaning: If you are one of the upper crust, you are a member of society's highest class.

✨For example:

➖If Laura was really part of the upper crust, she wouldn't need to borrow money all the time, would she?

➖Marge does a great imitation of an upper-crust "society queen". It's really funny, and her upper-crust accent is perfect.

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If used to modify a noun or a noun phrase, a hyphen should be added, as in "upper-crust party".
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19 июня 2017 07:19

‍ Idiom of the Day

🔰the ball's in your court

☑️Meaning: If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.

✨For example:

🔹We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.

🔹They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.

💥Origin: Metaphorical, from sports such as tennis and badminton in which players take turns to hit a ball over a net into each other's end of the court.
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17 июня 2017 05:39

Phrasal Verb of the Day

💥laze around

☑️Meaning: to relax and do very little

✨For example:

➖My son would laze around in front of the TV all day if we let him.

➖Instead of doing exciting things like kite-surfing and jet-skiing, my daughter just lazed around the pool tanning herself and chatting on her phone.
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15 июня 2017 08:12

Slang of the Day

💥hang | hang out

☑️Meaning: to spend time with

✨For example:

➖I'm goin' down the park to hang with my friends.

➖Hey, you girls. Why don't you hang out with me and the guys for a while?
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11 июня 2017 14:58

Idiom of the Day

🔰an even break

🇺🇸American English
☑️Meaning: If you get an even break, you get a fair opportunity to succeed in your ambition or to achieve your goals.

✨For example:

🔹All Monica needs is an even break and she could be one of the country's top models.

🔹He says he's never had an even break in life and that's why he's never achieved much.

📝Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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09 июня 2017 20:31

Idiom of the Day

📗get a word in edgeways | edgewise

☑️Meaning: If you can't get a word in edgeways, you can't say anything because someone else is talking so much.

✨For example:

🔹Cindy got so excited when she was talking that nobody else could get a word in edgeways.

🔹I'd go to the meetings more often if I could get a word in edgeways.

📝Note: The American form of this idiom is "to get a word in edgewise".
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07 июня 2017 15:33

Idiom of the Day

🔰a necessary evil

☑️Meaning: If you say something is a necessary evil, you don't like it but you understand that it has to be accepted sometimes or it has to exist.

✨For example:

💥Sandra says money's a necessary evil. She thinks it causes many problems, but she can't imagine how the world could work without it.

💥My brother regards exercise as a necessary evil. He hates doing it, but he knows he has to do it if he wants to stay healthy.
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03 июня 2017 13:46

Idiom of the Day

🔰wide of the mark

☑️Meaning: If something is wide of the mark, it isn't true or accurate, or it misses the target.

✨For example:

🔹The manager expected sales to double this year, but his prediction was wide of the mark. They only increased by ten per cent.

🔹Ronaldo's first shot was wide of the mark, but his second one went right into the back of the net for a goal.
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30 мая 2017 14:55

Slang of the Day

🔰meathead
Offensive

☑️Meaning: a stupid person

✨For example:

🔹How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?

🔹I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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28 мая 2017 20:24

Slang of the Day

🔰jailbait
American and Australian English

☑️Meaning: someone below the legal age of consent

✨For example:

🔹He claims he had no idea the girl was jailbait, and insists that she told him she was nineteen years old.

🔹One of the greatest novels in the English language is about a man who falls for a girl even though he knows she's jailbait. It's called "Lolita".

💧Origin: From the fact that in many countries an adult having sexual contact with an underage partner can be given a jail sentence. The underage partner is "bait" that could lead to jail.

📍Variety: This slang term is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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22 мая 2017 20:17

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰end in

✨Meaning: to have a certain result at the end of something

💧For example:

end in sth 👉The two countries couldn't agree on how to solve the problem, so the negotiations ended in a stalemate.

end in sth 👉The U.S. government's policy of making alcohol illegal in the 1920's ended in failure and an increase in organised crime.
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18 мая 2017 15:16

Slang of the Day

🔰pain | pain in the arse | pain in the backside
British and Australian English

☑️Meaning: someone or something that's annoying or troublesome

✨For example:

🔹Pete's new girlfriend is a real pain. She's got this annoying voice, and she never stops talking.

🔹These staff meetings are such a pain in the backside. I don't even know why we have to come.

📜Variety: This slang term is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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27 июня 2017 19:13

Slang of the Day

🔰pack it in

➕Meaning: to stop what you're doing, to quit

💧For example:

🔹The rain's not going to stop, so let's pack it in. We can finish the job tomorrow.

🔹Our restaurant isn't doing too well, so we might have to pack it in and try another type of business instead.

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26 июня 2017 03:59

Idiom of the Day

🔰a head start

☑️Meaning: If you have a head start, you start something ahead of others or with an advantage over others.

✨For example:

➖If you're born into a rich family, and you've had a good education, you're lucky enough to have had a head start in life, so don't waste it.

➖Marylin's beauty and natural grace gave her a big head start in the modelling and acting business.
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23 июня 2017 08:23

Idiom of the Day

🔰(something) occurs to you

☑️Meaning: If something occurs to you, you think of it.

✨For example:

➖I was surprised when I heard that Anne had quit. It had never occurred to me that she wasn't happy working here.

➖Has it ever occurred to you that your daughter's happiness is more important than what your friends might think if they know she's gay?
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20 июня 2017 21:26

Slang of the Day

🔰hooky | hookey
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: (in phrase play hooky) to stay away from school or work without permission

✨For example:

🔹Let's play hooky tomorrow and go watch the golf. Things are pretty quiet at work anyway.

🔹When I was a kid, I was caught playing hookey when school inspectors nabbed us at the mall.

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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17 июня 2017 05:45

Slang of the Day

🔰chockablock | chock-a-block | chock-full

☑️Meaning: completely full of people or things, crammed full

✨For example:

➖My suitcase is chockablock with clothes and books and shoes and stuff. I couldn't possibly get anything else in there.

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15 июня 2017 17:17

Idiom of the Day

💥red tape

☑️Meaning: Strict adherence to rules and regulations so that a procedure seems to take longer than necessary.

✨For example:

➖It takes a long time to set up a company in some countries because of all the red tape involved in getting government permits.

➖It took two weeks to get visas for our aid workers because of all the red tape.

📌Origin: Probably related to the fact that bundles of official government documents are often tied together with red tape.
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14 июня 2017 04:29

Idiom of the Day

🔰on the ball
INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you're on the ball, you're alert and you know what's going on around you.

✨For example:

🔹I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm not really on the ball today.

🔹My brother is always on the ball, so it's hard to trick him or catch him unawares.
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11 июня 2017 06:07

Slang of the Day

🔰jab

☑️Meaning: an injection with a hypodermic syringe

✨For example:

▪️I went to see my doctor yesterday to get a flu jab.

▪️It's time for our kids to get another set of vaccination jabs. I'll take them to the clinic in the morning.
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09 июня 2017 06:04

Phrasal Verb of the Day

💥end up

☑️Meaning: If you end up being somewhere, or doing something, it's because of decisions you've made in the past.

💧For example:

✨end up
🔹 If Jimmy keeps taking drugs, he'll end up in jail or dead.

✨end up doing sth
🔹 If you don't study hard, you could end up doing a job you don't like much.
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05 июня 2017 15:43

Slang of the Day

🔰upchuck
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: to vomit, throw up

✨For example:

🔘I ate so much chocolate cake that I nearly upchucked the lot right there.

🔘The last time Jimmy got drunk he upchucked all over the back seat of his friend's car. His friend wasn't too happy about it.

✅Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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01 июня 2017 18:49

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰cross out

☑️Meaning: If you cross something out, you draw a line through it with a pen or a pencil, usually because it's wrong or is no longer necessary.

💧For example:

✨cross sth out
🔹If you make a mistake, cross it out and write down what you think is correct instead.

✨cross out sth
🔹When guests arrive, cross out their names on the guest list so that we know they're here.

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30 мая 2017 14:46

Idiom of the Day

🔰the worse for wear

☑️Meaning: If something is the worse for wear, it has been damaged by being used a lot. If a person is the worse for wear, they don't feel well.

✨For example:

🔹Don't you think we should have the sofa recovered? It's looking a little the worse for wear.

🔹Tom looks a bit the worse for wear this morning. I bet he was out drinking with his buddies last night.
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24 мая 2017 18:33

Idiom of the Day

🔰up to your neck | up to your eyeballs

☑️Meaning: If you're up to your neck in something, or up to your eyeballs in something, you've got too much of it and it's become a problem.

✨For example:

🔹I'm up to my neck in emails and I don't think I can get away at the moment.

🔹Christmas is the worst time at the animal shelter. We're always up to our eyeballs in stray dogs and cats.
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20 мая 2017 07:26

Idiom of the Day

📗young at heart

☑️Meaning: Someone is young at heart if they still feel young even though they're getting old.

✨For example:

📍Terry's nearly seventy but he's still young at heart. He's always trying new things and going to new places.

📍No matter how old I get, I'll always be young at heart.
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16 мая 2017 10:09

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰root out

☑️Meaning: to uncover and punish criminals, especially those abusing positions of trust or authority

💧For example:

🔹root out sb ➡️The president has promised to root out corrupt politicians and send them to jail.

🔸root sb out ➡️The bank's investigation team targeted several workers suspected of stealing money, and it succeeded in rooting them out.

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